linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] autofs4 - check kernel communication pipe is valid for write

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Date:	Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:26:15 +0800
From:	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	autofs mailing list <autofs@...ux.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] autofs4 - check kernel communication pipe is valid for
	write

It is possible for an autofs mount to become catatonic (and for the
daemon communication pipe to become NULL) after a wait has been
initiallized but before the request has been sent to the daemon. We
need to check for this before sending the request packet.

Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>

---

 fs/autofs4/waitq.c |   16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index f8dee31..aa7b526 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static void autofs4_notify_daemon(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 		union autofs_packet_union v4_pkt;
 		union autofs_v5_packet_union v5_pkt;
 	} pkt;
+	struct file *pipe = NULL;
 	size_t pktsz;
 
 	DPRINTK("wait id = 0x%08lx, name = %.*s, type=%d",
@@ -164,8 +165,19 @@ static void autofs4_notify_daemon(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (autofs4_write(sbi->pipe, &pkt, pktsz))
-		autofs4_catatonic_mode(sbi);
+	/* Check if we have become catatonic */
+	mutex_lock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
+	if (!sbi->catatonic) {
+		pipe = sbi->pipe;
+		get_file(pipe);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
+
+	if (pipe) {
+		if (autofs4_write(pipe, &pkt, pktsz))
+			autofs4_catatonic_mode(sbi);
+		fput(pipe);
+	}
 }
 
 static int autofs4_getpath(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
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